It's always funny when you go looking for photos of something on the net and the first result is one your own It was a very nice keyboard but the missing key always bugged me. I was fortunate enough to find one with all of its keys though, so sold this one - and now I'm trying to get rid of it again! But this time with its matching PS/55.
Beautiful, dude! What a stunning example of our computing roots... May they never be forgotten.
Very cool find ander! How do the ALPS plate spring switches feel?
Don't ask me; I've just the messenger. No doubt I'd have more opportunities to enjoy some of these delightful, lesser-known keeb technologies if they weren't in direct conflict with my desire to, you know, stay married.
They feel amazing, second only to Alps buckling springs in a TeraDrive keyboard...
What [choke]—
Alps buckling springs? I knew AT&T did some, but Alps?
Oh, okay.
You can't help wondering why more keyboard makers didn't take the BS route in some way. I mean, it just makes such sense, doesn't it? Responsive, long-lasting, consistent—and of course, very importantly, twangy. It's easy to understand why
the Unicomp guys felt it was so important to keep the BS keyboard, one of mankind's most noble creations, from fading away. If only the same could've been done with music. Oh well.